Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part 2

[Ohms Lawbreaker]

Damn... Random thought. Nowhere else to put it so:

"The older I get, the easier I tire of anyone trying to convince me of anything." -- me.

 

[Iffy]

The chicken wangs taste good no matter who wins. bahahahahahaha

Da Bronco Burgers were delicious...

Actually, I didn't have a 'horse' in da race. Just wish it wasn't so lopsided.

"The older I get, the easier I tire of anyone trying to convince me of anything." -- me.

Ain't dat da truth!

 

[DavidOck]

Well, since it was "my" team on top, the lop sided was a barrel of laughs! Way back, they were in the same conference, and John Elway was always Seattle's nemesis. So for us, it was a wonderful experience

 

[MissMcVayp]

Okay - considering this is the "senior" group so most of you grew up prior to cable TV and actually learned to read, lol.... I need some good book suggestions. I like mysteries, historical fiction (NOT historical romance), LoTR type books.... any ideas? My recent enjoyments:

Bloodletter's Daughter
Daughter's of Witching Hill
Game of Thrones (series)
Most things by Dan Brown
Irish Country Doctor
the James Herriot books

Some kick-back-in-the-recliner with a glass of wine and a vape and a good book type stuff....

 

[Iffy]

.... any ideas?

... historical (semi-factual) fiction

Some kick-back-in-the-recliner with a glass of wine and a vape and a good book type stuff....

If ya haven't been dere yet, day-um near anything by JAMES A. MICHENER!

 

[3mg Meniere]

If ya haven't been dere yet, day-um near anything by JAMES A. MICHENER!

At the speed I read, that would take me a couple of months. I have read all of his books. About two feet of shelf-space?

 

[1wildman]

Anything by Patrick Robinson. Kilo Class was one of my favorites.


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[DavidOck]

Clavell's Shogun series.

 

[amoret]

I like mysteries, historical fiction (NOT historical romance), LoTR type books.... any ideas? My recent enjoyments:

Historical, Dorothy Dunnett, particularly the Crawford series - Game of Kings, Queens Play, etc. and also her house of Niccolo series.

Mysteries, I've just recently read and liked the Kate Shugak series, don't remember the author offhand. If you want to combine the two genres there are Sharan Newman's Katherine Levandeur medieval mysteries, and I'm drawing a blank on the author but the Owen Archer books are also good medieval mysteries. (Sorry for the vagueness on some of the author names, but I don't have access to my dead tree books right now.)

 

[amoret]

On the books, I forgot to include Barbara Hambly, the Benjamin January mystery series. That starts with A Free Man of Color, and they are set in New Orleans before the civil war.

 

[MissMcVayp]

Clavell's Shogun series.

Totally LOVED Shogun!!!

 

[MissMcVayp]

At the speed I read, that would take me a couple of months. I have read all of his books. About two feet of shelf-space?

Yes - I've read a lot of Michener and really enjoyed him (damn I need to learn how to multi-quote, lol)

 

[MissMcVayp]

Thanks all! I wrote down the ones I haven't read and me Kindle and I are off to browse Amazon....

 

[DavidOck]

Totally LOVED Shogun!!!

Read the rest, 5 or 6 more, in order

 

[Iffy]

A lil' non-vaping heads up...

For our scientific curious folk, just viewed a very interesting Science channel program, Stem Cell Universe. Should be on again on da cable networks in two hours. Fascinating...

 

[mdw3258calif]

I could go on and on about reading ... Game of Thrones books will keep you busy for YEARS ... and then we could talk about - Kafka!

But also, I would like to just randomly insert here that WRITING is soooo good, and so hard to do these days ... during the days when I had a major career, I was in IT, a UNIX SysAdmin, and database management .. so I've been on keyboards since before McDonalds. But ohhh I love my fountain pens and the actual process of WRITING THINGS ON GOOD PAPER! Almost nobody knows anything about this anymore, and it makes me sad. Schools, I hear, are not even teaching script anymore? I am in love with writing, and still cannot find much of a way to do it. Who wants to wait for a 10-page handwritten-with-fountain-pen-in-some-beautiful-color-ink letter when they can communicate instantly the same words in an email???

 

[Iffy]

But ohhh I love my fountain pens...

Oh my, I think I have three (Cross, Parker & an ol' pre-WW II tortoise German) tucked way away somewhere. When I was a tyke, I was fascinated with 'em.

Can I upgrade 'em with spellcheck?

Luv'd your post!

 

[DancingHeretik]

But, I also ruined a number of shirts by carrying them in my pockets as a kid! I like a GOOD ballpoint better. As long as it's good enough to flow like it should. Writing is relaxing when you're not just scribbling.

But, yes, they were still pretty cool.

 

[KODIAK (TM)]

Hey. A geezer thread. Can anyone tell me where I can get Bengay in e-juice format?

 

[Rat2chat2]

I haven't read a complete book since I joined ecf. Although I have read volumes on ecf.......